DHancarville. The Complete Collection of Antiquities by Madeleine Huwiler

DHancarville. The Complete Collection of Antiquities by Madeleine Huwiler

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Zusammenfassung

Archaeologist, vulcanologist, and envoy to the British Embassy in Naples, Sir William Hamilton amassed an invaluable collection of ancient Greek vases, sold to the British Museum in 1772. He commissioned adventurous art connoisseur Pierre-François Hugues d’Hancarville to document the pieces before they were shipped to London: the result was...

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DHancarville. The Complete Collection of Antiquities by Madeleine Huwiler

Archaeologist, vulcanologist, and envoy to the British Embassy in Naples, Sir William Hamilton amassed an invaluable collection of ancient Greek vases, sold to the British Museum in 1772. He commissioned adventurous art connoisseur Pierre-Francois Hugues dHancarville to document the pieces before they were shipped to London: the result was...
“…a spectacular survey of the famously magnificent antiquities collection of Sir William Hamilton” * The Times *
Madeleine Huwiler studied classical archaeology, ancient history, and old Egyptian at Fribourg University. She has collaborated on various excavations and exhibitions. Sebastian Schütze was a longtime research fellow at the Bibliotheca Hertziana (Max Planck Institute for Art History) in Rome. He is a member of the academic board of the Istituto Italiano per gli Studi Filosofici in Naples, and a member of the Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften. From 2003 to 2009 he held the Bader Chair in Southern Baroque Art at Queen’s University in Kingston. In 2009 he was appointed professor of early modern art history at Vienna University.
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ISBN 13 9783836556422
ISBN 10 3836556421
Titel DHancarville. The Complete Collection of Antiquities
Autor Madeleine Huwiler
Serie Bibliotheca Universalis
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Bindungsart Hardback
Verlag Taschen GmbH
Erscheinungsjahr 2015-06-02
Seitenanzahl 576
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